King James Version

Isaiah 26:16

LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

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יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).בַּצַּ֣רbatsarin narrowצַרpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “in narrow”, the ordinary formH6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.פְּקָד֑וּךָpeqadukhachargeפָּקַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “charge”, a completed actionH6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.appoint, [idiom] at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, [idiom] by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overs…צָק֣וּןtsaqunpourצוּקverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, paragogic nun — “pour”, a completed actionH6694to pour out, i.e. (figuratively) smelt, utterbe molten, pour.לַ֔חַשׁlachashprayerלַחַשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “prayer”, the ordinary formH3908properly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amuletcharmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer.מוּסָרְךָ֖musarekhachastisementמוּסָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “chastisement”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraintbond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.לָֽמוֹlamvotoלָֽמוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

LORD, in trouble have they sought Thee, silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Young’s Literal Translation

O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement [is] on them.

World English Bible

Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

Darby Translation

Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out [their] whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Douay-Rheims

Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

LORD, in trouble have they sought Thee, silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Lord, in affliction I remembered thee; thy chastening was to us with small affliction.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύριε, ἐν θλίψει ἐμνήσθην σου, ἐν θλίψει μικρᾷ ἡ παιδεία σου ἡμῖν.